During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure that many things have happened.

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.

We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.

I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.